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<b>25 November 2023</b></span></div>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; color: rgb(237, 92, 87);"><b>Research Fellow position</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;"> to
join </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/transport/staff/962/professor-natasha-merat" id="OWA845ce786-b76f-442c-0f28-39216cd9b531" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted3" title="Original URL: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/transport/staff/962/professor-natasha-merat. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="10" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin: 0px;">Professor
Natasha Merat</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;"> and
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/transport/staff/9408/dr-mahdi-rezaei" id="OWA98be268e-796d-e8e9-e4c2-0eec16fcbec8" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted3" title="Original URL: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/transport/staff/9408/dr-mahdi-rezaei. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="11" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin: 0px;">Associate
Professor Mahdi Rezaei's</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;"> research group at the University of Leeds, UK, to undertake a leading
role in </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><a href="https://www.hi-drive.eu/" id="OWA22fd0917-d653-9f29-42b6-cd9f8be96c2e" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted3" title="Original URL: https://www.hi-drive.eu/. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="12" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin: 0px;">Hi-Drive</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">,
the Flagship European research project in Autonomous Vehicles. Collaborating with 40 European partners (including the best EU and UK universities and world-leading autonomous vehicle manufacturers), the research project aims to deploy higher levels of driving
automation for the next generation of highly automated vehicles, using Computer Vision and AI. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">The Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) at the University of Leeds is the
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; color: black;"><b>leading research department in autonomous vehicles research in the entire UK</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;"> and
is involved in several work packages and research tasks in this project and beyond. We are seeking a talented research fellow in computer vision, machine learning, and sensor fusion with a particular capability of developing enabler models for
<i>“Driver Monitoring ”</i> using computer vision. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; color: black;"><b>Skills and experience required: </b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">A PhD or near completion in Computer Science, AI, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Robotics, Mathematics,
or a closely allied discipline. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">An in-depth practical experience in Deep Neural Network models, CNNs, Reinforcement Learning, and Transfer
Learning, for object detection/recognition, tracking, and segmentation. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Highly skilled in Python programming, CV and DNN libraries (OpenCV, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras), Matlab,
Cloud platforms, Microsoft Azure, and CUDA. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Strong track record of research publications in top-tier computer vision and/or transport-related journals
and conferences. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Good time management and planning skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines and manage competing
demands. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Excellent written, presentation, and communication skills. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">A proven ability to work well both individually and in a team. </span></li></ul>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; color: black;"><b>What we offer in return: </b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas)
– That’s 42 days a year! </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: black;">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Generous pension scheme plus life assurance – the University contributes 21.6% of salary. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: black;">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym,
with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: black;">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team,
and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more. </span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19.0667px; margin: 0cm; color: black;">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available. </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;"><br>
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; font-weight: 400; color: black;">£37,099 to £44,263 p.a.</span></p>
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